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| My Grandsons! |
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| At age 4 - Eitan on left, Omer on right. Now they're 10! |
I'm 74 years old and
feeling a little posterity-minded. So here's how I want to be remembered: a writer and an Israeli Jew deeply
involved in peace and human rights activism. Over the
last decade, we have lived in Kenya and Uganda, and done a little to promote education in Entebbe. For me, it has been
perhaps the more gratifying form of activism - having not achieved an end to the Israeli occupation or peace between Israel
and the Palestinians despite decades of effort. Above
all, I have a great family. This website is dedicated to the three women in my life: Judy, Mieka, and Denna. Here they are below, in that Kodak sort of way.
| My life- and love-partner Judy (right) and me. |
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| Judy works for the UN in Jerusalem when I can't get her to stay home with me. |
| Daughter #2: Denna Brand |
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| Denna, teacher and scuba diver, lives in Kibbutz Sa'ar. |
| Daughter #1: Mieka Brand Polanco |
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| Mieka, an anthropologist, mom of twin boys - my first grandchildren! |
| Mieka's husband, Tony Polanco |
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| Tony's a Caribbean chef. Lucky Mieka! |
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| Eitan (left) and Omer at their bar-mitzva. |
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“We
don’t believe in pressuring the children. When the time is right, they’ll
choose the appropriate gender.”
Robert
Mankoff, New Yorker, February 20, 1995
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